Mich. child care workers sue to break from union

AP ^ | 9/13/10 | Staff

[MissTed]

Peggy Mashke tends to 12 children for 12 hours a day at her home, so she was surprised to get a letter welcoming her to the United Auto Workers union.

"I thought it was a joke," said Mashke, 50, of northern Michigan's Ogemaw County. "I work out of my home. I'm not an auto worker. How can I become a member of the UAW? I didn't get it."

Willing or not, Mashke and 40,000 other at-home providers are members of a labor partnership that represents people across Michigan who watch children from low-income families. Two unions receive 1.15 percent of the state subsidies granted to those providers, or more than $1 million a year.

Mashke has given up about $100 this year, and while she says it's not a huge amount of money, she's among a small group of home-based providers suing in federal court to break free from organized labor.

"It's the principle. It's my constitutional rights," she said.

The plaintiffs claim they were driven into the union and forced to support it financially even though they work at home, are hired by families and are not state employees. In some cases, they are even related to the children in their care.

[absolootezer0]

mi PING!

[Responsibility2nd]

Simple solution. She should do what millions of others have done:

Leave Michigan.

[No Truce With Kings]

“Simple solution. She should do what millions of others have done:

Leave Michigan.”

Simpler solution: refuse to take children who receive Michigan state subsidies — and make sure the parents of those children know why you have refused. If the state forbids this, go Galt and shut down. When enough of them cannot find child care, the state will find a way to fix the problem.

[Lurker]

the state will find a way to fix the problem.

And create even more problems. Why is this any of the State of Michigans business in the first place?

[No Truce With Kings]

“Why is this any of the State of Michigans business in the first place?”

Umm. . . Oooh. I know the answer to *that* question. Because the current state government is a wholly owned subsidiary of the UAW, I believe. If Michigan's voters fix *that* problem, I suspect the state's government will fix the problems Michigan currently has.

[concerned about politics]

Two unions receive 1.15 percent of the state subsidies granted to those providers, or more than $1 million a year.

Their share of the State subsidies? So the tax payers are paying them union dues, too? OMG, the entire state should sue!

This poor woman is getting robbed by union thugs. Her child care business has nothing to do with them.

[grellis]

If you would like to be added or dropped from the Michigan ping list, please freepmail me.

[sportutegrl]

. . . the state will find a way to fix the problem."

One of the candidates for governor (Bouchard?) did find a way: Right to Work Law.

[cripplecreek]

This poor woman is getting robbed by union thugs. Her child care business has nothing to do with them.

People in other states might want to take a look around their own state. Several states have done the same sort of thing.

[OafOfOffice]

Judge Napolitano said this morning, this has already been to court.Their ruling was they can be forced to join the union. You heard that right.

BUT the union member can SUE the union for any percentage or amount of their dues that goes to political campaigns.

In other words, someone making not so much money would have to hire a attorney to sue, then figure out what percentage of each members dues went to Union political campaigns to get back a small portion of their dues.

It’s absolutely crazy. I am trying to find this mornings Varney & company to make sure I have this right. I think Napolitano said SCOTUS ruled on this and he was not happy about it. Granholm is a waste of space.

[vpintheak]

Criminals! The union heads and whoever the dim-witted lawmakers who made this a law need to be prosecuted! Holy Crap!

[cripplecreek]

Why blindly voting GOP is just as stupid as blindly voting democrat. (Thank God Jason Allen lost the primary to Benishek)

GOP Senators, SEIU Taxpayer Giveaways, Campaign Cash and More, OH MY!

On Aug. 5, 2009, Sen. Jason Allen, R-Traverse City, introduced Senate Bill 731, which would give statutory cover to a scheme transferring approximately $6.6 million in taxpayer money annually to the SEIU government employee union, one of the parents of ACORN. This is accomplished by creating a shell government "employer" for some 42,000 individuals who are actually hired by elderly or disabled Medicaid recipients to provide personal care services in their homes. A Mackinac Center lawsuit is pending regarding a similar arrangement imposed on home day care providers.

[cripplecreek]

Blame Granholm but the GOP is neck deep.

GOP Senators, SEIU Taxpayer Giveaways, Campaign Cash and More, OH MY!

On Aug. 5, 2009, Sen. Jason Allen, R-Traverse City, introduced Senate Bill 731, which would give statutory cover to a scheme transferring approximately $6.6 million in taxpayer money annually to the SEIU government employee union, one of the parents of ACORN. This is accomplished by creating a shell government "employer" for some 42,000 individuals who are actually hired by elderly or disabled Medicaid recipients to provide personal care services in their homes. A Mackinac Center lawsuit is pending regarding a similar arrangement imposed on home day care providers.

[PGalt]

Thanks for the post; ping; info; links.

Than machinations of collectivist/totalitarians BUMP!